ἀρχή
archḗ
(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
Lexicon
Derivation: from G756 (ἄρχομαι);
(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule
Usage
57 occurrences · 0 OT · 57 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the beginning35 · 60%
- principalities4 · 7%
- beginning2 · 3%
- corners2 · 3%
- principality2 · 3%
- are the beginning1 · 2%
- are the beginnings1 · 2%
- unto magistrates1 · 2%
- unto the power1 · 2%
- from the beginning1 · 2%
- the first1 · 2%
- rule1 · 2%
- unto the principalities1 · 2%
- to principalities1 · 2%
- at the first1 · 2%
- be the first1 · 2%
- the principles1 · 2%
- first estate1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.